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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Why FG jammed Radio Biafra frequency

The
Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Information, DrYemiFolasade-Esanhas
has given reason why it made effort at jamming the signals of the controversial Radio Biafra
transmission which operates illegally from an unknown location, reports ITRealms.

Nigeria says
it banned Radio Biafra, dedicated to creating a breakaway state because it is
unlicensed.However, the
“pirate radio”, claimed to have been jammed by the ministry of Information, is
reportedly back on the airwaves. The Federal Ministry of Information, ITRealms gathered, had said that signals coming from
the controversial Radio Biafra have been successfully jammed by the National
Broadcasting Commission (NBC).

The
Presidency has also denied claims transmitted on the ‘pirate radio’ that
President Buhari expressed anti-Igbo sentiments in a recent interview with the BBC Hausa Service, describing the report
as completely false, malicious and slanderous.

An Aso Rock
statement said the voice ascribed to Buhari is definitely not his. The said
pirate radio station is believed to be Radio Biafra, which the Federal
Government said it had jammed the signals and was hunting for those behind the
illegal transmissions, ITRealms learnt

According to
report people in southeastern Nigeria confirmed Thursday that the station is
still broadcasting in the area that is home to the Igbo people of Nigeria. The
Igbo embarked on a secessionist war to form an independent nation called Biafra
in the 1960s that killed about 1 million people, mostly Igbo from conflict.Unresolved
causes of the war and results including the appropriation of property that has
not been returned, ITRealms gathered, remain a
recurrent source of conflict and groups including Radio Biafra continue to
agitate for independence.